Duration and habitat of fossil taxa: Changes through time in variance and taxonomic selectivity

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-251

  Holman, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PHANEROZOIC; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032745298     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300026531     Document Type: Article

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